Antiviral treatment
A common question patients have for COVID-19 management is for anti-viral therapy. This is a medication that can help reduce symptoms and duration of disease in some patients. Examples include Remdesivir and Paxlovid. These antiviral medications cannot be supplied in Primary Care and we are therefore directly the patients who are high risk to the hospital for review. Patients are medium risk who may qualify for treatment are being reviewed by a clinician at the GP Surgery on the same day.
The following link can be sent to patients with COVID-19 who are being managed in the community.
This link provides advice for patients on symptom management.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/covid-19/covid-19-symptoms-and-what-to-do/